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Pagina xv
... period hardly second in brilliancy , and superior in importance , even to the Augustan age of Anne . " To these masterly strictures of Mr. Croker we now append some of the passages in which other writers have recorded their estimation ...
... period hardly second in brilliancy , and superior in importance , even to the Augustan age of Anne . " To these masterly strictures of Mr. Croker we now append some of the passages in which other writers have recorded their estimation ...
Pagina xvii
... periods in his closet , his behaviour and conversation in company might be described as a continued exercise of spleen , an indulgence of irritable humours , a masterly display of character . He made none but home - thrusts , but ...
... periods in his closet , his behaviour and conversation in company might be described as a continued exercise of spleen , an indulgence of irritable humours , a masterly display of character . He made none but home - thrusts , but ...
Pagina xix
... period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trivial obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full - length of the reality of genius ? and what specimen of such reality will ...
... period , the world would have owed him , and acknowledged , no trivial obligation . But what can the best character in any novel ever be , compared to a full - length of the reality of genius ? and what specimen of such reality will ...
Pagina 9
... period a friendship took place between them , which ripened into the strictest and most cordial intimacy , and lasted , without interrup- tion , as long as Mr. Boswell lived . " - Memoir of Malone , by J. Boswell , junior , p . 19 ...
... period a friendship took place between them , which ripened into the strictest and most cordial intimacy , and lasted , without interrup- tion , as long as Mr. Boswell lived . " - Memoir of Malone , by J. Boswell , junior , p . 19 ...
Pagina 14
... periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of re- ligion , morality , loyalty , and subordination ...
... periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenor of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of re- ligion , morality , loyalty , and subordination ...
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